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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2>
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<P>It's about one year that I didn't update this document. There were a lot of
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movement in Thai computing and using Linux in Thailand. For example, Linux
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boxes are used as server in many
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<A HREF="http://www.school.net.th">schools in Thailand</A>.
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<P>The purpose of this document is to show how to set your Linux to use Thai
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language. I use Linux RedHat 5.0 as I wrote this document, so directories
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which I mention in this document may be different from other distribution.
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<P>First I would like to talk about Thai standard character set. Thai standard
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character set is TIS-620. There are also other Thai standard
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character sets such as ISO-IR-166, CP874, etc. Please see
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<A HREF="http://www.inet.co.th/cyberclub/trin/thairef/">http://www.inet.co.th/cyberclub/trin/thairef/</A> for further information
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about Thai standard character set.
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TIS-620 is 8-bit character set. It has the same range as ISO-8859-1,
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so we can use apllications that support ISO-8859-1 character set
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also. Although we can use Thai language with apllications that support
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ISO-8859-1 character set, but it does not mean those applications support Thai language.
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<P>Thai characters are different from English characters.
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There is a variation of position,
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normal position, character can be on other character,
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character can be under other character. There is no space between words. These
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are some problems in
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developing Thai supported application.
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<P>You can find the lastest version of Thai-HOWTO document from
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<A HREF="http://www.fedu.uec.ac.jp/ZzzThai/Linux">http://www.fedu.uec.ac.jp/ZzzThai/Linux</A>.
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Your comment is welcome.
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